Anatomy and Zoology. A large, lobulated gland located in the upper part of the abdomen behind the stomach, having both an exocrine function…

The pancreas. Also: a part of the omentum. Now rare (English regional in later use).

substantive in plural. The chyle-forming organs.

any gland in the gastric mucosa that secretes the pepsin-containing gastric juice; a gastric gland.